Rayanne is an investigative journalist, OSINT spook and videographer from Seattle. She covers #TrueCrime, courts and local news. Original work in highlights.
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Back in April, convicted child r_pist,Wesley Clinton Gray, was given an indeterminate sentence between 13 days to 5 years for indecent exposure. He was out on bail, when his punishment was handed down. However, the King County Prosecuting Attorney did not get a remand order because she thought the Dept. of Corrections would take him in.
She was wrong and Gray was out for 53 days before the legal system was able to correct it. It's also scary because he has a history of not registering and attempting to flee the county.
@keithdsmall@lucasmiles Atheists are still beholden to the oaths they make and are guilty of perjury when they lie under an oath. As far as I am concerned, they can pick a book that has significant meaning to them or just forego the tradition and just raise their right hand.
@Lady_Astor@Schmutz_9R@ComfyMeme@UnstableSudaca Joking about people’s hair. Are you aware that someone’s here is the artwork that they present to the heavens? I’m sure the company culture at your business is so professional and welcoming.
@Lady_Astor@Schmutz_9R@ComfyMeme@UnstableSudaca If you’re not hiring people because of superficial reasons like a haircut, then I doubt you’re a great boss. Remember, I’m not one of your employees so I don’t have any reason to suck up to you.
@Lady_Astor@Schmutz_9R@ComfyMeme This is what were talking about. You’re ripping on broccoli head, but see nothing wrong with boomer pornstache.
I’ll bet working for you sucks.
@vivekbabaji@chakravartiiin It’s on public property, and it was an open event. They can show up and protest. They can be asked to leave after disrupting the event, which they did, thus no law was broken.
Had this been in a mandir, it would totally be a different story.
Are you sending new employees into homes and businesses without proper supervision? I fail to see how it is possible to have all these problems and not question the management in your company.
Also, what is your culture like? Are people going around being judgmental bigots? If you are painting an entire generation as unemployable, it seems probable. No one wants to work with some Archie Bunker personality who does nothing but bitch about different people, talks politics all day and sexually harasses anyone in a skirt.
Lanka was made of gold. Ayodhya celebrated with clay lamps. Think about that this Diwali.
Ravana had everything the world admires. A city of gold. Ten heads, the epic's way of saying he knew more than anyone around him. Scholar. Musician. Devotee of Shiva.
He still lost. He didn't lose to a bigger army. He lost to a man in exile, walking barefoot, with an army of monkeys and bears. Brilliance without restraint destroys the one who owns it.
Now look at the other side. Rama lost his kingdom overnight. No argument. No bitterness. He walked into the forest on the very day he was meant to be crowned, and he walked out smiling. Most of us can't let go of a small disappointment that gracefully.
Bharata was handed the throne. He refused to sit on it. He placed Rama's sandals there and served Ayodhya for 14 years in his brother's name. Love that asks for nothing in return. Duty without ownership.
Hanuman could leap across an ocean. He didn't know it. Jambavan had to remind him. So many people around us are Hanuman before Jambavan spoke. Sometimes the greatest gift you can give someone is to tell them you can do this at the right moment.
The bridge to Lanka wasn't built in one heroic act. It was stone after stone. Monkeys, bears and, as the old story goes, a little squirrel rolling in sand to do its part. Rama stroked its back in gratitude. No effort is too small when the cause is right.
Here's the part we forget.
Ayodhya didn't light lamps when Ravana fell. It lit them when Rama came home.
Diwali isn't a victory celebration. It's a homecoming.
Fourteen years of forest, loss and war, and he returned with his heart intact. The same man who left. That is the real triumph. Everything else is Lanka.
So this Diwali, as the lamps glow .. Ask what you're chasing. Gold or light.
Ask who's been quietly carrying your sandals. Thank them. Ask who needs a Jambavan. Be one. Ask if you're still the person who left home.
Light the diya. Then live like one. Small. Steady. Burning for others.
Happy Diwali. 🪔